Global Patent Index - EP 3009472 A1

EP 3009472 A1 20160420 - PRE-FORMED APEX/BEAD COMPOSITE AND TIRE WITH PRE-APEXED BEAD

Title (en)

PRE-FORMED APEX/BEAD COMPOSITE AND TIRE WITH PRE-APEXED BEAD

Title (de)

VORGEFORMTES KERNREITER/WULSTVERBUNDMATERIAL UND REIFEN MIT VORGEFORMTEM KERNREITER-WULST

Title (fr)

COMPOSITE D'APEX/TALON PRÉFORMÉ ET PNEU AVEC TALON PRE-APEX

Publication

EP 3009472 A1 20160420 (EN)

Application

EP 15187109 A 20150928

Priority

US 201414513541 A 20141014

Abstract (en)

A method of preparing an apex/bead assembly is disclosed. The method comprises mixing a sulfur curable uncured rubber composition with a maximum mixing temperature in a range of from 140 to 170°C; and extruding the sulfur curable uncured rubber composition through a die to form and apply an uncured apex rubber strip (8) onto and circumferentially around the outer periphery of an annular bead (3) comprising an uncured rubber encapsulated plurality of wire cords; wherein the rubber composition of the uncured apex rubber strip (8) comprises: (A) at least one diene-based elastomer comprising at least one of cis 1,4-polyisoprene, polybutadiene and styrene/butadiene rubber; (B) from 1 to 10 or from 3 to 7 parts by weight thermoplastic syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene per 100 part by weight of the elastomer(s) contained in the apex rubber strip composition, wherein the syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene has a melting point (MP) in a range of from 180°C to 230°C and at least 10°C higher than the maximum mixing temperature for the preparation of the sulfur curable uncured rubber composition and is provided in the form of an alloy comprising said thermoplastic syndiotactic-1,2-polybutadiene with at least one of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and polybutadiene rubber; (C) from 30 to 120 phr of a reinforcing filler comprising: (1) a carbon black, or (2) a combination of a carbon black and silica together with a coupling agent for the silica having a moiety reactive with hydroxyl groups on the silica and another different moiety interactive with said diene-based elastomer(s). Also, a respective pre-apexed annular tire bead is disclosed and a pneumatic tire comprising such a pre-apexed annular tire bead.

IPC 8 full level

B60C 1/00 (2006.01); C08L 7/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/06 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: BR EP US)

B29D 30/0681 (2013.01 - BR); B29D 30/08 (2013.01 - BR); B29D 30/48 (2013.01 - EP US); B60C 15/0603 (2013.01 - EP US); C08K 3/04 (2013.01 - EP US); C08L 7/00 (2013.01 - EP US); C08L 9/00 (2013.01 - EP US); C08L 9/06 (2013.01 - EP US); B29D 2030/482 (2013.01 - EP US); B29K 2009/00 (2013.01 - US); B29K 2507/04 (2013.01 - US); B60C 2001/0058 (2013.01 - EP US); C08L 7/00 (2013.01 - BR); C08L 9/06 (2013.01 - BR)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3009472 A1 20160420; EP 3009472 B1 20181128; BR 102015026118 A2 20160920; CN 105501001 A 20160420; US 2016101581 A1 20160414

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 15187109 A 20150928; BR 102015026118 A 20151014; CN 201510660772 A 20151014; US 201414513541 A 20141014